Sponsor Something Extraordinary

When you partner with us, you join a collaborative network committed to real progress grounded in evidence, experimentation and shared insight.

Strategic Influence


Access to FCI programs, research directions and challenge themes, with opportunities to shape conversations and activate real-world ideas.

Thought Leadership Visibility


Recognition across FCI events, digital channels and publications, positioning sponsors as engaged leaders in the future of cities and communities.

Access to Emerging Talent


First visibility into students, capstone teams, innovation challenge teams and startup ideas, and early-career professionals developing new approaches to urban issues.

Applied Insights and Evidence


Custom reports, modelling demonstrations, scenario analyses and research collaborations that provide clear, actionable, data-based findings.

Connections Across Sectors

Introductions and relationship-building opportunities with municipal leaders, researchers, practitioners and industry innovators.

Opportunities to Co-Create

Collaborative development of sprints, workshops, pilots, challenge briefs and events that align with both sponsor needs and FCI values.

  • Sprint Sessions - Partner-Driven Challenge

    FCI designs and delivers a focused half-day or full-day sprint where partners bring a real urban systems question and work with members, researchers and students to generate actionable concepts.

  • Think Tanks - Cross-Sector Roundtables

    FCI convenes curated groups of municipal leaders, industry experts and scholars to explore an emerging issue brought by the sponsor and capture insights in a post-event briefing.

  • Challenge Labs

    A multi-session innovation lab where sponsors help set the theme and co-host working groups with FCI moderators, students, members.

  • Hackathon Partner

    Sponsor one of FCI’s hackathons, including branded problem statements, mentor roles, judging opportunities and access to prototype outputs.

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